SUBFAMILY IV. — BRYOCORIN^. 871 



956 ( — ). Pycnoderes infuscatus Knight, 1926c, 104. 



Black; membrane fuscous-brown, veins and basal area paler; legs 

 pale to yellowish, femora and front coxae blackish, bases of femora pale. 

 Joint 1 of antenna? pale, one-eighth shorter than width of vertex, 2 two 

 and one-third times longer than 1. "Pronotum with disk more broadly- 

 gibbous than in dilatatus, the median line not so deeply impressed. Scutel- 

 lum with apex more flattened and base more sharply convex." Length, 

 4 mm. 



Known only from the Black Mountains, N. Car. 



957 ( — ). Pycnoderes balli Knight, 1926c, 104. 



Black; cuneus pale yellowish translucent, narrowly black on basal 

 angle; membrane pale, veins and basal half of cell fuscous; legs pale, 

 hind femora blackish on apical two-fifths, tarsi and apical third of tibia? 

 yellowish. Antennae pale, joint 1 two-thirds as long as width of vertex, 

 2 nearly twice as long as 1. Embolium of nearly equal width through- 

 out, its outer edge thickened. Length, 2.5 mm. 



Known only from Sanford, Fla., where it was taken April 9 

 — Aug. 30 by E. D. Ball. A var. obscuratus with antennae and 

 legs chiefly blackish was described by Knight (loc. cit.) from 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



958 ( — ). Pycnoderes medius Knight, 1926c, 105. 



Punctuation, pubescence and coloration nearly as in dilatatus Reut., 

 apical pale spot on embolium nearly obsolete; membrane and veins dis- 

 tinctly fuscous; legs pale, front coxae and apical half of femora fuscous 

 to blackish. Antennae pale, joint 4 fuscous. Length, 2.8 — 2.9 mm. 



Described from Hollister, Mo. ; Clarksville, Tenn., and Leland, 

 Miss. "Allied to dilatatus, but differs in the smaller size, fus- 

 cous membrane and broader, more heavily gibbous bilobed 

 pronotal disk." (Knight). 



959 ( — ). Pycnoderes drakei Knight, 1926c, 106. 



Closely allied to medius. Head yellowish-brown, vertex, median line 

 on front and convex portion of tylus, blackish; embolium with large pale 

 spot on basal half; membrane uniformly dark fuscous, with clear spot as 

 in key. Embolium broader than in medius, its edge sharp. Length, 

 2.9 mm. 



Described from a single female taken June 26 at Aberdeen, 



Miss. 



IV. Sixenotus Reuter, 1876, 77. 



Short, oval, shining species having the head wider across 

 eyes than apex of pronotum, front subvertical, vertex wide, 

 with an oblong median impression ; beak reaching middle coxae ; 



